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Bedside blues: the impact of social research on the hospital treatment of sick children
Author(s) -
Hall David J.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1978.tb02953.x
Subject(s) - sick child , blues , welfare , rule of thumb , nursing , psychology , social welfare , clinical practice , medicine , family medicine , pediatrics , political science , history , algorithm , computer science , law , art history
The development of changes in the treatment of the welfare of children in hospital has a long history and some resistances are still to be found to unrestricted parental visiting and the introduction of play facilities. This paper surveys the contribution of social research to the care of children and argues against the uncritical adoption of‘rule of thumb’procedures. Instead, a closer cooperation between research and practice is proposed to help overcome the problems of implementing change in hospitals.